We currently play for £600 for a 6-piece and a caller for 3 hours of music - a nice round sum, which goes up if we go more than 30 miles outside the band epicentre, play for more than 3 hours or play after midnight.

But, as you rightly say, if you add on two hours for setting up and striking down - plus the inevitable wedding wait (!) - then it's a very average wage. Good job we actually do it mainly because we like playing!